... I am now on claritan, saline spray, and flonases prescription nose spray. My doctor keeps telling my lungs are clear so I have been checked. There is alot of fluid in my left ear. I don't know why it decided to attach itself to my left ear. My jaw with hurt and my face will get flush on that one side. ... (0 replies)

... So now during day, and doing normal stuff, i just have a "cough", but at night its like someone sucked all the water from my throat and it is closing and made of sandpaper and basically I sleep a few hours a night because the rest of the time I am coughing or falling asleep then waking up not breathing. ... (5 replies)

... heory that a fever is good if you are sick. You can endure being hot better than the viruses can, so they all die off from the heat, then your temperature comes back down and you just need to rest and recover. However, a fever over 104 F or 40 C is dangerous. ... (1 replies)

... Anyway...about 5 days ago I woke up to my throat having a painful "burning" sensation. As the day got wore on it turned into full sharp pain. Both my tonsils were swollen and has a thin white film on them. ... (0 replies)

... ithout cold symptoms. I know it's very hard to distinguish if you've got strep or just coming down with a cold. I would say that if you have such a severe sore throat for several days and no sign of a stuffy nose or cough, chances are it's strep. ... (17 replies)

... IS NOT FUN! It hurts reallllly bad, more than a normal sore throat. If you let it go for a few days it will hurt so bad you cant swallow. There probably will be white spots at the backof the throat, feels like your throat is bleeding really bad. ... (2 replies)

... JJ,
would you mind sharing your symptoms again so I can compare?
When sick, I have loss of appetite, white coated tongue--this is how I know im getting sick, fatigue/malaise and a temp not usually higher than 99.0 or so--though it goes up and down to upper 97s intermittently. I would not say I have an issue with fever at all. My nose can get a bit runny and in my... (46 replies)

... This isn't good cause good bacteria keeps the bad bacteria in check and prevents things like the bad bacteria from growing out of hand which can lead to Candida yeast infections or worse. ... (1 replies)

... Odd thing is I have had it many times and so has my middle daughter but my oldest girl and my youngest have never had it at all and we all live in the same house of course. Anyway it starts off with a very sore throat feels more sore than stingy to me the glands in the neck swell and there is usually a high fever. ... (17 replies)